This whitepaper is an overview on the Microsoft MSHTML remote code execution vulnerability recently highlighted in CVE-2021-40444.
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This Metasploit module creates a malicious docx file that when opened in Word on a vulnerable Windows system will lead to code execution. This vulnerability exists because an attacker can craft a malicious ActiveX control to be used by a Microsoft Office document that hosts the browser rendering engine.
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This article discusses the CVE-2021-40444 vulnerability and an alternative path that reduces the lines of JS code to trigger the issue and does not require CAB archives.
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